Foundations 2 focuses on the four key components of all our English Language Arts courses:

Building sophisticated vocabularies

Improving grammar skills

Improving reading comprehension and critical/analytical skills

Improving critical/analytical writing skills

In short, Foundations 2 will prepare students to excel in their elementary-school classes across a range of subject areas.

Course Structure:

Each class in the Foundations 2 year is designed to introduce student to and/or improve essential reading and writing skills, including:

Writing topic sentences

Choosing evidence

Supporting claims

Pre-writing and drafting

Revising and editing

Writing summary paragraphs

Persuasive writing

Descriptive writing

Comparative writing

Creative writing

Autobiographical/Biographical Writing

Reading for content

Reading for style

Critical analysis

Key terms and concepts are returned to several times over the course of the year, in the context of different readings and assignments, ensuring not only that students retain what they have learned but that they can apply that knowledge in different contexts.